diff --git a/src/features/welcome/ProjectPopup.tsx b/src/features/welcome/ProjectPopup.tsx
index 0dead4f78..8774e2f8c 100644
--- a/src/features/welcome/ProjectPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/features/welcome/ProjectPopup.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function ProjectPopup({ anchor, onClose }: ProjectPopupProps) {
       const entry = entries[current];
       if (entry?.kind === "project" && !entry.open) {
         e.preventDefault();
-        void askRemoveRecent(entry.m.project);
+        void askRemoveRecent(entry.m.project, onClose);
       }
     } else if (e.key.length === 1 && !e.metaKey && !e.ctrlKey && (query || e.key !== " ")) {
       e.preventDefault();
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export function ProjectPopup({ anchor, onClose }: ProjectPopupProps) {
                 if (e.kind !== "project" || e.open) return;
                 ev.preventDefault();
                 setActive(i);
-                showContextMenu(ev, recentMenu(e.m.project, onClose));
+                showContextMenu(ev, recentMenu(e.m.project, onClose, onClose));
               }}
             >
               {e.kind === "action" ? (
diff --git a/src/features/welcome/RecentList.tsx b/src/features/welcome/RecentList.tsx
index bcb96ed3f..9c4f42248 100644
--- a/src/features/welcome/RecentList.tsx
+++ b/src/features/welcome/RecentList.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ import {
 import styles from "./Welcome.module.css";
 import { tx } from "@/platform/i18n";
 
-/** IDEA's "Remove Recent Project" confirmation, then removes it from the list. */
-export async function askRemoveRecent(project: RecentProject) {
+/**
+ * IDEA's "Remove Recent Project" confirmation, then removes it from the list.
+ * `before` runs just before the confirmation opens: hosts above the dialog's
+ * layer (a popup) pass their closer so the confirmation is not covered (#1883).
+ */
+export async function askRemoveRecent(project: RecentProject, before?: () => void) {
+  before?.();
   const ok = await confirm({
     title: "Remove Recent Project",
     message: tx`Remove '${project.name}' from the list of recent projects?`,
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ export function groupMenu(group: RecentProjectGroup): MenuItem[] {
   ];
 }
 
-export function recentMenu(project: RecentProject, onOpened?: () => void): MenuItem[] {
+export function recentMenu(project: RecentProject, onOpened?: () => void, onRemove?: () => void): MenuItem[] {
   // A remote project has no local folder.
   const remote = parseRemoteLocation(project.path);
   const items: MenuItem[] = [
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ export function recentMenu(project: RecentProject, onOpened?: () => void): MenuI
       label: "Remove from Recent Projects…",
       icon: "close",
       danger: true,
-      run: () => void askRemoveRecent(project),
+      run: () => void askRemoveRecent(project, onRemove),
     },
   ];
   return remote ? items.filter((i) => !("id" in i && i.id === "reveal")) : items;